Windowless Tower - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ thanks Chris

2025-12-16T14:11:59Z

‎Generation: thanks Chris

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ word choice - need to double check where gen code for this is handled...

2025-12-16T11:26:02Z

‎Generation: word choice - need to double check where gen code for this is handled...

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ urgh

2025-11-17T21:30:40Z

‎Generation: urgh

Umbire the Phantom: ignore that, my brain scrambled

2025-11-17T09:06:43Z

ignore that, my brain scrambled

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ pothole

2025-11-17T09:05:42Z

‎Generation: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-06-29T10:50:25Z

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Umbire the Phantom: nndnh

2025-01-15T17:55:12Z

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Umbire the Phantom: lede

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Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-02-11T13:15:08Z

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Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ it IS yasd but let's be more direct

2024-01-16T04:29:19Z

‎Generation: it IS yasd but let's be more direct

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 The entrance appears as a a second up stair, located on the top floor of the Gnomish Mines, one level up from the mine's entrance level; [[level teleport]]ing up from the top floor of the Mines will place the hero inside the Tower. Depending on the layout of the dungeon, the Tower may extend above Level 1 (e.g. the Tower's numbering skips from Level 1 to Level -1).
-Level teleportation functions within the Tower as well: '''be aware that teleporting above the top floor of the Tower will result in [[Instadeath|the hero falling to theier death]].'''
+Level teleportation functions within the Tower as well: '''be aware that teleporting above the top floor of the Tower will result in [[Instadeath|the hero falling to their death]].'''
 Random monsters within this branch are generated with the following frequency:
-* {{frac|2}} (50%) random [[Zombie (dNetHack)|zombified]] monster
+* {{frac|3}} (33%) [[Zombie (dNetHack)|zombified]] [[peasant]]
 * {{frac|5}} (20%) random {{mcsl|i}}
 * {{frac|10}} (10%) random {{mcsl|d}}
 * {{frac|10}} (10%) random {{mcsl|V}}

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 The entrance appears as a a second up stair, located on the top floor of the Gnomish Mines, one level up from the mine's entrance level; [[level teleport]]ing up from the top floor of the Mines will place the hero inside the Tower. Depending on the layout of the dungeon, the Tower may extend above Level 1 (e.g. the Tower's numbering skips from Level 1 to Level -1).
-Level teleportation functions within the Tower as well: '''be aware that teleporting above the top floor of the Tower will result in [[Instadeath|a fall to the hero's death]].'''
+Level teleportation functions within the Tower as well: '''be aware that teleporting above the top floor of the Tower will result in [[Instadeath|the hero falling to theier death]].'''
-Random monsters on this level are generated with the following frequency:
+Random monsters within this branch are generated with the following frequency:
-* {{frac|2}} (50%) random {{mcsl|Z}}
+* {{frac|2}} (50%) random [[Zombie (dNetHack)|zombified]] monster
 * {{frac|5}} (20%) random {{mcsl|i}}
 * {{frac|10}} (10%) random {{mcsl|d}}

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 * {{frac|5}} (20%) random {{mcsl|i}}
 * {{frac|10}} (10%) random {{mcsl|d}}
-* {{frac|10}} (10%) {{mcsl|V}}
+* {{frac|10}} (10%) random {{mcsl|V}}
-* {{frac|10}} (10%) {{mcsl|&}}
+* {{frac|10}} (10%) random {{mcsl|&}}
 ==Description==

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 Random monsters on this level are generated with the following frequency:
-* 50% random {{mcsl|Z}}
+* {{frac|2}} (50%) random {{mcsl|Z}}
-* 20% random {{mcsl|i}}
+* {{frac|5}} (20%) random {{mcsl|i}}
-* 10% random {{mcsl|d}}
+* {{frac|10}} (10%) random {{mcsl|d}}
-* 10% random {{mcsl|V}}
+* {{frac|10}} (10%) {{mcsl|V}}
-* 10% random {{mcsl|&}}
+* {{frac|10}} (10%) {{mcsl|&}}
 ==Description==

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 The entrance appears as a a second up stair, located on the top floor of the Gnomish Mines, one level up from the mine's entrance level; [[level teleport]]ing up from the top floor of the Mines will place the hero inside the Tower. Depending on the layout of the dungeon, the Tower may extend above Level 1 (e.g. the Tower's numbering skips from Level 1 to Level -1).
-Level teleportation functions within the Tower as well - '''be aware that teleporting above the top floor of the Tower will result in [[Instadeath|a fall to the hero's death]].'''
+Level teleportation functions within the Tower as well: '''be aware that teleporting above the top floor of the Tower will result in [[Instadeath|a fall to the hero's death]].'''
 Random monsters on this level are generated with the following frequency:

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 Despite the most "obvious" routes being safeguarded, it is still relatively easy to break into the tower. A player with the [[spell of knock]] or a [[wand of opening]] can gain entry by lowering the raised drawbridge, while a player with the [[force bolt]] spell or a [[wand of striking]] can destroy the iron bars with one zap, and the raised [[drawbridge]] can be destroyed with a second - be careful not to zap at the lowered drawbridge while standing on it. It is also possible to dig out the iron bars.
-Once the door and drawbridge are destroyed, then you can walk right into the Tower. Alternately, a character with [[water walking]], [[breathless]]ness, or a way to freeze the water (e.g. the [[cone of cold]] spell or a [[wand of cold]]) can enter through the southern breach. Characters with access to force bolt or a wand of striking can then break the bars and confront him directly, bypassing the front hall.
+Once the door and drawbridge are destroyed, then you can walk right into the Tower. Alternately, a character with [[water walking]], [[breathless]]ness, or a way to freeze the water (e.g. the {{+ of|cone of cold}} spell or a [[wand of cold]]) can enter through the southern breach. Characters with access to force bolt or a wand of striking can then break the bars and confront him directly, bypassing the front hall.
 Of the monsters guarding the hall, Persephone is among the most dangerous for a low-level character, due to her 12 speed and strong weapons - otherwise, she can be easily dispatched along with Nyx and the werewolf.

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-The '''Windowless Tower''' is a dungeon [[branch]] that appears in [[dNetHack]] and [[notdNetHack]]. It is a redesigned [[Vlad's Tower]] that is relocated from [[Gehennom]] depending on the variant, and is home to [[Vlad the Impaler]] among several other monsters.
+The '''Windowless Tower''' is a dungeon [[branch]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is a redesigned [[Vlad's Tower]] that is relocated from [[Gehennom]] depending on the variant, and is home to [[Vlad the Impaler]] among several other monsters.
 In dNetHack, the Windowless Tower is reached from the [[Gnomish Mines]]. In notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, the Windowless Tower is instead reached from the [[magic portal]] to the adventure branches, which serve as the equivalent of the Gnomish Mines: the exact appearance of the Windowless Tower's base floor is modified depending on the adventure branch that the [[hero]] chooses, which is done by talking to the [[traveling wizard]] in the [[village]].
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 [[Category:dNethack dungeon branches]]
 [[Category:notdNethack dungeon branches]]

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-The second floor has ten niches marked 'x', which contain one of the randomly assigned monsters or items: two [[hell hound pup]]s, a [[winter wolf]], two random [[demon]]s, an [[amulet of life saving]] inside a [[chest]], an [[amulet of strangulation]] inside a chest, [[water walking boots]], [[crystal plate mail]], and a [[spellbook of invisibility]]. The niche marked '!' contains four bottles of [[holy water]].
+The second floor has ten niches marked 'x', which contain one of the randomly assigned monsters or items: two [[hell hound pup]]s, a [[winter wolf]], two random [[Demon (monster class)|demons]], an [[amulet of life saving]] inside a [[chest]], an [[amulet of strangulation]] inside a chest, [[water walking boots]], [[crystal plate mail]], and a [[spellbook of invisibility]]. The niche marked '!' contains four bottles of [[holy water]].
 ===Third floor===

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 The entrance appears as a a second up stair, located on the top floor of the Gnomish Mines, one level up from the mine's entrance level; [[level teleport]]ing up from the top floor of the Mines will place you inside the Tower. Depending on the layout of the dungeon, the Tower may extend above Level 1. (e.g. the Tower's numbering skips from Level 1 to Level -1.
-Level teleportation functions within the Tower as well - '''be aware that teleporting above the top floor of the Tower will result in [[YASD|a fall to your death]].'''
+Level teleportation functions within the Tower as well - '''be aware that teleporting above the top floor of the Tower will result in [[Instadeath|a fall to your death]].'''
 Random monsters on this level are generated with the following frequency: